Coendou rothschildi Thomas 1902

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1545-1550 : 1547

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Coendou rothschildi Thomas 1902 View in CoL

Coendou rothschildi Thomas 1902 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 10: 169.

Type Locality: Panama, Chiriqui, Sevilla Isl.

Vernacular Names: Rothchild's Porcupine.

Distribution: Panama.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Possibly a subspecies of bicolor ( Goldman, 1920:135; Hall, 1981:854). Corbet and Hill (1991:200) listed rothschildi as a subspecies of bicolor . Emmons and Feer (1997:218) stated that if C. rothschildi is a valid species, the C. " bicolor " west of the Andes are possibly rothschildi . Karyotype has 2n=74 and FN=84 ( George and Weir, 1974).